The phrase "a very well read" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who has read a lot of books and is knowledgeable as a result.
Example: "She is a very well read individual, often quoting authors from various genres in her conversations."
Alternatives: "a very well-informed" or "an avid reader".
We're not a very academic family, which is not to say we're not all very well read but none of us went to university.
It's all very well reading American classics when you're acting with such bright and brilliant talent as Sean Penn but don't other actors think Franco is a bit weird reading Ulysses?
"This was an individual that was very well read, a studious person, that studied the policing system, knew the policing system, knew about his craft". "He's a serial killer," Hylton said.
If fish had a campaign slogan it could very well read -- "Does a Noggen Good!" It's hard to think of a food that has been more important to brain development throughout the course of human history than fish.
"She was a combination of Charlie Rose and Barbara Walters, very well read, very well prepared".
TRIPPEL--Barbara Ann Price, on February 26 , 2010of Forest Hills, NY. Dear wife of the late Gerald E. Loving mother of Edward P. Mom was a "Godmother" to many, very active in all aspects of the Episcopal Church, she was very well read, a student of Comparative Religion and she was a tax law editor held in high regard.
"He's an extremely intelligent guy, very well read," Mr. Brzezinski said.
"He was a pretty deep thinker, and he was very well read, so that was a whole other area where he could feel fulfilled outside of Wall Street".
He was very well read, a very bright guy; you had to watch Cronkite, and 'How Green Was My Valley,' and after that five other Donald Crisp movies".
"He is very well read and a really interesting character with a wide range of subjects that he can talk about with great knowledge, which makes him so good to be around.
